
Mayday: Air Disaster
An alarm warns the pilots of Flight 518 that they are dangerously close to the ground.

An alarm warns the pilots of Flight 518 that they are dangerously close to the ground.

Three devastating crashes make front page news around the globe.

In 1956, a mid-air collision sends two planes crashing into the Grand Canyon.

Chinese plane lands at secret US base; probe into deadly sky turbulence begins.

A Pakistani airliner crashes in the Himalayas and investigators scramble to find answers.

China Airlines Flight 611 vanishes from radar; a massive rescue follows, but all aboard are lost.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski is killed after his plane crashes in heavy fog.

A commuter plane is rocked by an explosion, but investigators find no evidence of a bomb on board.

The turboprop plane begins its descent in thick fog, but things go awry; Luxair Flight 9642 crashes.

Landing on a Caribbean island in a tropical storm, a 737 crashes just short of the runway.

Three flight crews face different consequences after an engine separates in mid-air.

British Airways Flight #38 is preparing to land. Then, the aircraft is inexplicably crippled.

The captain struggles to keep the plane flying but the aircraft suddenly plummets towards the ground.

A turboprop slams into an Argentine desert and a microscopic filament provides the clue.

Investigators search for a flaw when Qantas Airways Flight 72 nearly falls out of the sky.

A turboprop slams into an Argentine desert and a microscopic filament provides the clue.

Investigators dig into three mid-air collisions that seem to defy logic.

Continental Flight 1713 crashes on take-off in Denver amid heavy snow.

A deadly disaster in Brazil leaves a Sao Paolo neighborhood in flames.

Germanwings Flight 9525.